Well Read Column by Robert Weibezahl

Reading Destiny and Desire means entering a world that straddles the real and the imaginary, where time and place are fluid and truth is malleable. Carlos Fuentes, perhaps Mexico’s most internationally renowned living writer, is a member of the aging generation of Latin American authors who burst on the world literary stage in the 1960s and ’70s with their brand of magical realism....

Feature by Harvey Freedenberg

From Mexico, to the former Soviet Union, to England, Japan and the United States, the reach of the short story spans the globe. These five collections, some by established authors and others by writers just beginning to make their mark, offer a generous introduction to the richness of modern short fiction.Chilly slices of modern lifeAli Smith, author of the critically praised novel The...

Book Clubs Column by Julie Hale

The month of September offers excellent fiction titles for reading groups. BookPage's selections, all newly published in paperback, are listed below.The Blind AssassinBy Margaret AtwoodThis Booker Prize-winning novel blends elements of romance, suspense and - believe it or not - science fiction into what may be Atwood's most original work yet. Opening the narrative is '40s socialite...